Louisa Abbott was born on the old Eskew homestead, northwest of Boonville, Warrick county, Indiana, Oct. 21, 1856, and passed away at her home in Otwell, Indiana, Friday morning, Oct. 5, 1923, aged 66 years, 11 months and 13 days. Mrs. Abbott was the only daughter of John and Sarah Eskew. Two brothers, William and Daniel, of Boonville, are living. On November 29, 1911, she was united in marriage to George Abbott, and came to Otwell to live. Being of a kind, helpful and neighborly disposition, she soon made a place for herself in the hearts of those among whom she had come to live and had many warm friends who grieve sincerely because this good woman has been called from our midst. In early life she was converted and united with the U.B. church. When she first came to Otwell, finding there was no church of her choice here, she placed her letter in the M.E. church, as she was unwilling to be without a church home. She was a true christian, living her faith daily and in the long, weary months of her intense suffering, she found peace and comfort in the sustaining love of her Master and was able to bear with patience and courage the heavy burden of pain by the grace that was hers. Though Mrs. Abbott had no children of her own, her mother instinct was great and she found expression for it in the tender care she bestowed upon the orphaned family of her brother. The wealth of motherly love that she gave to them was returned a hundredfold, for during her last illness they hurried to her bedside to minister to her and to be with her to the end, lavishing upon her a wealth of tenderness and love, equal to that she had given them. Together with the aged husband they are left sorrowing by the loss of one who was a real mother to them from earliest infancy. Though the circle Mrs. Abbott's life touched was not a very large one, because of her quiet, unassuming disposition, yet her influence was always for good and the lives hers touched have been made better and happier because she lived. Funeral services were conducted at the M.E. church Sunday afternoon, Oct. 7, at 2 O'clock by the Rev. James Hayden of Winslow and followed by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends, the remains were laid to rest in the family lot at the I.O.O.F. cemetery.